Manisch refers either to a dialect of
Rotwelsch (especially in the vicinity of greater
Gießen,
Germany) or a speaker thereof (plural: Manische or Manen). The term Manisch however, is also understood primarily throughout much of the German state of
Hesse and parts of the
Rhineland-Palatinate (
German: Rheinland-Pfalz) to refer to the Manisch/
Jenisch (alternatively
"gypsy") elements of their
vernacular.[1] Several words are recognisably derived from
Yiddish (e.g. malocho, "work") or
Romany (e.g. pani, "water").
Manisch in Gießen
Select glossary of the Gießen Manisch dialect [2][3]